Super Micro Computer Inc.

Firmware
FW 55.14.18.0
Release Note

June 2013


Expander Backplanes being affected:
1. BPN-SAS2-213EL1
2. BPN-SAS2-216EL1 and BPN-SAS2-216EL2
3. BPN-SAS2-826EL1 and BPN-SAS2-826EL2
4. BPN-SAS2-836EL1 and BPN-SAS2-836EL2
5. BPN-SAS2-846EL1 and BPN-SAS2-846EL2
6. BPN-SAS2-847EL1 and BPN-SAS2-847EL2
7. BPN-SAS2-936EL1 and BPN-SAS2-936EL2
8. BPN-ADP-E16-L (alias SC217)

Bug fix / Improvements:
1. FW 55.14.11.0 set number of power supplies to zero in Server configuration, and set to two in JBOD configuration.
   The SES-2 diagnostic page length will therefore be variable.  It is found that some application software cannot
   support this, so FW 55.14.18.0 set number of power supplies to two in all circumstances while power supplies status
   will be shown as "not applicable" in Server configuration. 

2. FW 55.14.11.0 allow primary and secondary expanders to monitor all SES elements at same time for HA application.  
   However, it has a FW bug that only backplanes with certain SAS address could support this.  FW 55.14.18.0 get this 
   fixed.
  
3. Fix incorrect cross-reference link in few SES-2 diagnostic pages.

4. Fix compatibility issue with Adaptec HBA / RAID controllers.